Ex-political consultant wants to fill Nesbitt seat

Gunter ran several winning campaigns

9:59 PM,
Mar. 20, 2014

Veronika Gunter

Written by

Jon Ostendorff

A 40-year-old political consultant who was behind the winning campaigns of several Democrats in Buncombe County in recent years has entered the race to fill the unexpired term of the late Sen. Martin Nesbitt.

Veronika Gunter also says she wants to run for the seat in November.

She said in an interview, and her formal announcement Thursday, she got to know Nesbitt while advocating for his signature Clean Smokestacks Act. ...